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, it reduced taxes for most workerses. obama and his aide thought about the new deal when they were assembling the act, but it's like apples to bicycles in comparison. while fdr had contradictory initiatives, the stimulus was one piece of legislation cobbled together and squeezed through congress before most of the appointees were nominated. the new deal was a -- the recovery act was just a bill on capital hill but is was an astonishingly bill big. wait more than 50% bigger than the entire new deal. twice as big as the louisiana purchase and the marshall plan combined. as multibillion dollar line items were being eerased and incertained obama aides who served under president clinton occasionally caused to recall their futile push for a stimulus that seemed impossibly huge in 1993. there were battles over a few million bucks forks beloved programs that seemed to trivial to discuss. after a live microphone calls vice president biden calling obama's health care the big frigging deal -- we're on c-span -- i suggested to the ch
, it reduced taxes for most workerses. obama and his aide thought about the new deal when they were assembling the act, but it's like apples to bicycles in comparison. while fdr had contradictory initiatives, the stimulus was one piece of legislation cobbled together and squeezed through congress before most of the appointees were nominated. the new deal was a -- the recovery act was just a bill on capital hill but is was an astonishingly bill big. wait more than 50% bigger than the entire new...
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number two, i've never put a tax bill in to give anybody a tax break of anything right now. my tax bill, that i put out, is basically, if you want all the itemized deductions and exemptions, fine. if you want a flat tax without skimming or scamming the system, you can do that in the halftime between the green bay packers and the chicago bears. you go in, you put on the gross revenue, put your tax in, you send it in, you still have enough time to go to the refrigerator, get a miller, and watch the second half. [laughter] you have that opportunity. the third thing, she forgets i was running the department of health. i was not in the department of revenue. i was not in passing tax things. she is in the -- she has this tremendous ab sen ya this happens in congress. she thinks i was in congress. i was secretary. i was running the health and human services. i was not proclaiming war. i was not passing legislation for taxes. if she wanted the tax to rich more, find, introduce the legislation. she's been there for 14 years and never introduced a proposal. she keeps talking about thi
number two, i've never put a tax bill in to give anybody a tax break of anything right now. my tax bill, that i put out, is basically, if you want all the itemized deductions and exemptions, fine. if you want a flat tax without skimming or scamming the system, you can do that in the halftime between the green bay packers and the chicago bears. you go in, you put on the gross revenue, put your tax in, you send it in, you still have enough time to go to the refrigerator, get a miller, and watch...
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they gave the wealth another tax cut on top of the bush tax cut. that's what they did with the $716. i strength medicare and never cut one sometime of benefit. the same money they took out of medicare the same money they were going give another tax consult to the wealthy. that's another big difference. akin: yes, what claire is saying she has it wrong. the $716 billion that the republicans put in our medicare proposal stayed in medicare. we department take it out and put it put somewhere else. and that's just factually not correct. >> moderator: congressman? this question from the audience will start with you, what is your policy and your position about the israeli-iran situation? akin: well, that's a ticklish one. the fist thing, what we should do is work with the people who are allies and stop apologizing people to people who have been our enemy. i think it is unsafe for our country and for the civilized world for iran to be able to develop nuclear weapons, and in one way or the other, that has to be stopped. i believe that we should -- when we h
they gave the wealth another tax cut on top of the bush tax cut. that's what they did with the $716. i strength medicare and never cut one sometime of benefit. the same money they took out of medicare the same money they were going give another tax consult to the wealthy. that's another big difference. akin: yes, what claire is saying she has it wrong. the $716 billion that the republicans put in our medicare proposal stayed in medicare. we department take it out and put it put somewhere else....
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so you go into that town meeting in your tax rate is x and you come out and that's why. we bought a truck or decided not to. so that sends a message to the rest of the united states. you can govern locally. nationally it is almost a given that we can't, but you couldn't really do that. indeed you can. we do. a published susan clark, a book about town meetings, deliberation and reforms. all those in the paper, which was in the title. the force behind it. we're both were read that the town meeting tradition is suffering and that we needed to write a popular book, readable book. it's an argument for a town meeting in citizens terms. the new england is really a cultural phenomenon. children grow up arguing about the next day bemoaning another citizen. it's all very real, so by the time you're in high school you know exactly what a town meeting is. pretty much how to behave. new englanders generally are pretty good at the liberation. i have found when newcomers come and i take them to a town meeting, lotions. one is often board of. while. is this all there is? and it's true.
so you go into that town meeting in your tax rate is x and you come out and that's why. we bought a truck or decided not to. so that sends a message to the rest of the united states. you can govern locally. nationally it is almost a given that we can't, but you couldn't really do that. indeed you can. we do. a published susan clark, a book about town meetings, deliberation and reforms. all those in the paper, which was in the title. the force behind it. we're both were read that the town...
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they voted to extend tax cuts for the wealthy giving $500 trillion tax cut so 120,000 families. lou: that's a lot of money. 500 trillion. you have to love the vice-president, his view on things and, his epression. for a little perspective, the national debt is 16 trillion. we'll just leave it there. my next guest says there is no case on economic grounds to raise taxes. joining menow, senior economic writer for the wal street journal, stephen moore, author of the new book, the truth about opportunity, taxes, and wealth in america. great to have you with us. >> great to be with you. can i say something? this is really the problem in washington. you know, and it's not just joe biden. these politicians can't tell the difference between a billion and a trillion. the the numbers are so big now, everybody's eyes glaze over. a trillion dollars, million million. all lot of zeros. lou: and you know what, we, like you, cover these big numbers all the time. and i can't blame anyone whose eyes glaze over on these numbers abstraction's beyond comprehension irrespective of who is speaking abo
they voted to extend tax cuts for the wealthy giving $500 trillion tax cut so 120,000 families. lou: that's a lot of money. 500 trillion. you have to love the vice-president, his view on things and, his epression. for a little perspective, the national debt is 16 trillion. we'll just leave it there. my next guest says there is no case on economic grounds to raise taxes. joining menow, senior economic writer for the wal street journal, stephen moore, author of the new book, the truth about...
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it's going to make it possible for us to strengthen our budget reserves, and i believe we can cut taxes for every hoosier. but, john, you just said that we pay for things in indiana, okay? but when you were speaker of the house, for five of the six years that you were running the statehouse, indiana ran deficits. when mitch daniels came into power just a couple years later on budgets you helped to write, indiana was $700 million in debt and had a deficit of $820 million. you know, john, facts are stubborn things, and i'd just like to know from my colleagues on stage how are we going to make sure and preserve the fiscal integrity of the state of indiana? >> congressman, if you'd have spent the last 12 years in indiana rather than in congress, you'd know that our budget has to be balanced. indiana, according to our constitution. i've balanced and produced bipartisan balanced budgets, and oldly, these -- oddly, these you talk about, they were supported by david long and our lieutenant governor, becky skillman. i find it laughable that a united states congressman would lecture anybody about
it's going to make it possible for us to strengthen our budget reserves, and i believe we can cut taxes for every hoosier. but, john, you just said that we pay for things in indiana, okay? but when you were speaker of the house, for five of the six years that you were running the statehouse, indiana ran deficits. when mitch daniels came into power just a couple years later on budgets you helped to write, indiana was $700 million in debt and had a deficit of $820 million. you know, john, facts...
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another tax cut. we know how this and spirit $16 trillion in home equity and evaporated. -- how this ends. 9 million lost jobs. $16 trillion in home equity evaporated. retirement accounts up in flames. the great recession of 2008. the american people will not go back. folks, crowd: four more years! you have to ask yourself. both of these guys are decent man. you have to ask about with a push the return of these economic and tax policies from the bush administration? or as president clinton said, why would they go back to the bush policies on steroids? i have come to one conclusion. the only one i can figure out is about their attitude about america and their attitude about half the american people. you heard his insulting comments that 47% of the american people are -- here's the part that bothers me. when he said they are not willing to take responsibility for the allies. -- for their own lives. these people are our neighbors. he is talking about my parents when they were alive. the people i grew up
another tax cut. we know how this and spirit $16 trillion in home equity and evaporated. -- how this ends. 9 million lost jobs. $16 trillion in home equity evaporated. retirement accounts up in flames. the great recession of 2008. the american people will not go back. folks, crowd: four more years! you have to ask yourself. both of these guys are decent man. you have to ask about with a push the return of these economic and tax policies from the bush administration? or as president clinton...
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another tax cut. we know how this and spirit $16 trillion in home equity and evaporated. -- how this ends. $16 trillion in home equity evaporated. the american people will not go back. folks, crowd: four more years! you have to ask yourself. both of these guys are decent man. you have to ask about with a push the return of these economic and tax policies from the bush administration? i have come to one conclusion. the only one i can figure out is about their attitude about america and their attitude about half the american people. you heard his insulting comments that 47% of the american people are -- here's the part that bothers me. when he said they are not willing to take responsibility for the allies. these people are our neighbors. he is talking about my parents when they were alive. the people i grew up with. the people here in lynchburg. they include seniors to afford their whole lives to pay for a social security. and did not pay taxes on that. nor should they pay taxes on that. we're talking
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what is your problem should marijuana be legalized in the mid-states and taxed? [applause] >> technically marijuana has never been legalized anywhere in the world yet it's been decriminalized. i'm sort of torn on that issue because i have four children. i don't want them to experiment with the drug convict the same time they realized as an economist that he take the profit motive away from the cartel's come and they eventually will cease to exist. the initial pain would be unbelievable, but it's difficult to say what direction that would go in. but i do think it would in the short-term the pain would be unbearable and that's why politicians are afraid to address the issue. they keep pushing it off until the next election. >> as a law enforcement officer for 30 years, the cartels are a vicious criminal elements and regardless they'll seek to continue their criminal elements connected beyond the street in my view as a law enforcement officer as they break the law, they should go to jail or be punished appropriately, regardless of what the sensei k. so if we want an
what is your problem should marijuana be legalized in the mid-states and taxed? [applause] >> technically marijuana has never been legalized anywhere in the world yet it's been decriminalized. i'm sort of torn on that issue because i have four children. i don't want them to experiment with the drug convict the same time they realized as an economist that he take the profit motive away from the cartel's come and they eventually will cease to exist. the initial pain would be unbelievable,...
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it taxes small businesses. 8-10 businesses in america file their taxes as people. and their tax rate will go above 40% in january according to the obama plan. overseas, they do not do that. overseas, that means lake superior, where i come from. and the canadians, they lowered their tax rate to all their businesses to 15% less generous. -- last january. our competitors tax their businesses at 25% or less. how are we going to make things and bring back manufacturing jobs in ohio and in big ten country if we keep taxing our businesses at twice the rate our foreign competitors do? that will not work. that is why we have a five- point plan. that is why we have this agenda. get behind small businesses, lower tax rate. that is the essence of president obama's economic agenda -- take more from families and small businesses, regulate everybody, and pick winners and losers from washington. it does not work -- or just the losers if you want to look at his track record. look, a person who works hard, who plays by the rules can get ahead and america. that was what we teach our
it taxes small businesses. 8-10 businesses in america file their taxes as people. and their tax rate will go above 40% in january according to the obama plan. overseas, they do not do that. overseas, that means lake superior, where i come from. and the canadians, they lowered their tax rate to all their businesses to 15% less generous. -- last january. our competitors tax their businesses at 25% or less. how are we going to make things and bring back manufacturing jobs in ohio and in big ten...
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tax policy. what would you do? >> i have opposed the czars, but it would be a tempting appointment -- the first thing i would do is make the bush tax brackets permanent so there is long-term predictability. then i would go to work to sell to the public the idea that, as ronald reagan said, the federal government has the first lien on productivity and punishes production -- we remove all taxes off of production and put them on consumption. we can transform this policy. that is a piece i have gone around and talked about. i've talked about it each year i have been in congress. i asked mrs. vilsack to debate that with me, but i did not get an invitation. >> i would also like you to respond to that and outline what tax policy would implement. >> it would not be the fair tax. i do not think there is anything fair for the middle- class about a fair tax. basically, when i went to the grocery store this morning i bought milk for $3.55. if i had to pay 23% of every gallon of milk, 22% sales tax every time i bought a car sea
tax policy. what would you do? >> i have opposed the czars, but it would be a tempting appointment -- the first thing i would do is make the bush tax brackets permanent so there is long-term predictability. then i would go to work to sell to the public the idea that, as ronald reagan said, the federal government has the first lien on productivity and punishes production -- we remove all taxes off of production and put them on consumption. we can transform this policy. that is a piece i...
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you want to cut taxes more than he wants to cut taxes. you have only identified $1 trillion of tax deductions on companies he want to repeal. that is president obama's ideal. that leaves $6.50 trillion. how will you fill the hole? you wanted to reduce the long- term debt. how will the do that? see me about that after the election. [laughter] he has no budget. i want to vote for the president who has a budget, who has a plan that will produce prosperity. i wanted to vote for the president who has been a good commander in chief. somebody who has brought to america on the other side it. lastly, just to remember this, governor mitt romney has promised us 12 million jobs. he said, by just electing me, people will be so elated that you are going to get 12 million jobs. [laughter] it was just an oversight as the president has told us, america is in a huge public health -- it -- is in the grips of this huge public health and academic -- epidemic. is spreading a condition known as romnesia. [laughter] it is so prevalent that even his opponent coul
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he could also eliminate the tax free status, the tax free municipabonds. now that would pose a real problem for municipalities. but he could. in other words, there are ways to get there.bo but not under the assumptions that he offers in his plan. i think -- >> involvingard choices and sacrifices, which you've talked about every time you've been on the show. >> but there's a second thing. we've been distracted by the discussion, how would he get to revenue neutrality?ar tyd as a result, not asked, how's he going to address the deficit because he has no revenue on the table if he gets to revenue neutrality. all he's done is not increase the deficitore than we already have.or we should be focusing on, how do we address the deficit we already have, not worrying about whether he gets to revenue neutrality. obama wants us to worry about is he going to blow the deficit up even more. >> kathleen, what we the big whoppers? where did they cross thehebie? >> the incumbent always overestimates how much the incumbent has accomplished. and so, president obama wants to s
he could also eliminate the tax free status, the tax free municipabonds. now that would pose a real problem for municipalities. but he could. in other words, there are ways to get there.bo but not under the assumptions that he offers in his plan. i think -- >> involvingard choices and sacrifices, which you've talked about every time you've been on the show. >> but there's a second thing. we've been distracted by the discussion, how would he get to revenue neutrality?ar tyd as a...
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the post tax income is a little less unequal but the truth is we provide lots of tax benefits for people to talk to as well. so we're certainly not doing anything to counter it. to counter what the market is producing. for some reason -- and it's going to be changes in the market and the conditions under which it operates. you know, the market was producing broad income gains for people as they aged and it stopped doing that. the policy responses you described with high government spending and very accommodative monsry policy, those are policies in response to the particular problems that have arisen from the financial crisis and the recession that followed. i actually believe that the constituents for a stronger much stronger expansion are in place today. and that -- for the first time since the crisis. and that it needs a little push because the psychology people -- for example, the biggest example is what's happened in housing. we had five years of steadily falling housing prices. in addition to very high foreclosure rates. but set aside the foreclosure rates. the house is the virtual
the post tax income is a little less unequal but the truth is we provide lots of tax benefits for people to talk to as well. so we're certainly not doing anything to counter it. to counter what the market is producing. for some reason -- and it's going to be changes in the market and the conditions under which it operates. you know, the market was producing broad income gains for people as they aged and it stopped doing that. the policy responses you described with high government spending and...
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. >> if you vote early, you don't have to pay taxes. i'm sorry. i'm being told that's not accurate. >> that's not accurate. number two. >> early voters will receive a $5 million donation from donald trump. >> wow. and the number one good thing about voting early, ladies and gentlemen. >> honestly, don't you want this election over with already? >> yes, we do. that's swell. ♪ hink ♪ the more you take, the more they'll pay, ♪ ♪ so make them write a big check today. ♪ ♪ and if you're feeling a little slow, ♪ ♪ then 5-hour energy will help you go. ♪ ♪ so buy a bottle of pink lemonade and ♪ ♪ you can help fight breast cancer today. ♪ hgotta start the day off right. wardrobe. cute. then new activia breakfast blend. a great way to help start the day. mmm... creamy lowfat yogurt with grains in yummy breakfast flavors, like apple cinnamon. its hearty, with twice the protein of regular lowfat yogurt and helps regulate your digestive system. our morning routines are important, aren't they? new activia breakfast blend. campbell's has
. >> if you vote early, you don't have to pay taxes. i'm sorry. i'm being told that's not accurate. >> that's not accurate. number two. >> early voters will receive a $5 million donation from donald trump. >> wow. and the number one good thing about voting early, ladies and gentlemen. >> honestly, don't you want this election over with already? >> yes, we do. that's swell. ♪ hink ♪ the more you take, the more they'll pay, ♪ ♪ so make them write a big...
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you want to cut taxes more than he wants to cut taxes. you have only identified $1 trillion of tax deductions on companies he want to repeal. that is president obama's ideal. that leaves $6.50 trillion. how will you fill the hole? you wanted to reduce the long- term debt. how will the do that? see me about that after the election. he has no budget. i want to vote for the president who has a budget, who has a plan that will produce prosperity. i wanted to vote for the president who has been a good commander in chief. somebody who has brought to america on the other side it. lastly, just to remember this, governor mitt romney has promised us 12 million jobs. he said, by just electing me, people will be so elated that you are going to get 12 million jobs. it was just an oversight as the president has told us, america is in a huge public health -- it is spreading a condition known as romnesia. days before he promised you the twelve million jobs, a distinguished independent business forecaster says we are trying to get 12 million jobs ion the
you want to cut taxes more than he wants to cut taxes. you have only identified $1 trillion of tax deductions on companies he want to repeal. that is president obama's ideal. that leaves $6.50 trillion. how will you fill the hole? you wanted to reduce the long- term debt. how will the do that? see me about that after the election. he has no budget. i want to vote for the president who has a budget, who has a plan that will produce prosperity. i wanted to vote for the president who has been a...
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clinton increased taxes and we had jobs than when bush cut taxes. yet average economic growth during the years was better than it has been since. look at nations even in germany and europe scandinavia, they have faster economic growth, particularly germany and scandinavia and higher wages than we have even with the europe crisis, yet their taxes on the wealthy are much higher than ours. this whole supply of economics approach is pure bunk. >> eliot: you know, yourer you're using the academic word for it, bunk. i appreciate that. that's what we need to hear. >> i'll use the joe biden word, malarky. >> eliot: i'm taking either one. there is still the centerpiece of the argument from the other side, the notion that austerity and you referred to european track record, the idea that austerity would settle the crisis. in europe what has it led to. >> a deeper and deeper recession, and worse recession in comparison to the rest of the economy. the huge issue is not the deficit number itself. it's the ratio of the debt to the economy over all. if the economy
clinton increased taxes and we had jobs than when bush cut taxes. yet average economic growth during the years was better than it has been since. look at nations even in germany and europe scandinavia, they have faster economic growth, particularly germany and scandinavia and higher wages than we have even with the europe crisis, yet their taxes on the wealthy are much higher than ours. this whole supply of economics approach is pure bunk. >> eliot: you know, yourer you're using the...
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or which tax deductions he would eliminate? or specificay, how he'goin to create the 12 million jobs he's promised? or what barack obama's going to do in his second term? do you have any sense of that? >> well, in the case of the 12 million jobs, as we know, you don't have to do anything and you'll get 12 million jobs. any number of economists and moody's analytics have predicted that simply by keeping present policies in place, 12 million jobs will be created over that period. so it's not much of a boast. as for the tax policy, my guess is that he doesn't know and he is just saying things. he has said he wants to cut taxes -- rates by 20%. and i believe he does and would. t when you ask him why that won't be a $5 trillion increase in the deficit, he says -- and i love the third person, "if mitt romney says there won't be an increase in the deficit, there won't be. that's why and how." >> i know how he could, because some of the studies he cites make assumptions that would let him become revenue neutral. he could take the major
or which tax deductions he would eliminate? or specificay, how he'goin to create the 12 million jobs he's promised? or what barack obama's going to do in his second term? do you have any sense of that? >> well, in the case of the 12 million jobs, as we know, you don't have to do anything and you'll get 12 million jobs. any number of economists and moody's analytics have predicted that simply by keeping present policies in place, 12 million jobs will be created over that period. so it's...
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he laid out his jobs plan, championed the popular payroll tax cut -- >> tell congress to pass this tax cut without drama, without delay. >> and took executive actions without the support of congress. >> we can't simply wait for congress to do its job. >> the republicans fired back. >> now we have our own modern day great train robbery. >> probing the bankruptcy of the taxpayer-funded solar firm solyndra. and relentlessly pursuing fast and furious, anti-gun trafficking operation that cost a border agent his life. the bitter partisan divide was back out in the open >> and then gays and lesbians saying this on "good morning america". >> i think same-sex couples should be able to get married. >> next, latinos, an electoral voting bloc. >> no more lies! >> after initially failing to press for immigration reform, in june, the president temporarily halted the deportation of the children of undocumented immigrants. campaign 2012 had begun. >> to be the transformational president he wants to be, you have to have two terms. you can't do it in one. so everything is riding on this election for bar
he laid out his jobs plan, championed the popular payroll tax cut -- >> tell congress to pass this tax cut without drama, without delay. >> and took executive actions without the support of congress. >> we can't simply wait for congress to do its job. >> the republicans fired back. >> now we have our own modern day great train robbery. >> probing the bankruptcy of the taxpayer-funded solar firm solyndra. and relentlessly pursuing fast and furious, anti-gun...
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it is not taxed or nothing. they need to start taxing this money. if the rich people do not want to pay more taxes, the one to take the tax money they are saving because taxes are lower, in order to influence the elections, this should be taxed at 90%. host: i was going to ask him if he had donated money to a campaign. we will be asking a number of other callers about that. talk about small money compared to large money. >> the obama's campaign, beginning in 2008, has relied much more on small contributions from individuals. it is easier to do that this year as the technology changes, internet develops, pretty straightforward to go to a website to donate, put in a credit card number. we are all familiar with that. so the campaign's top of that. that was very successful in the obama's campaign, and it continues to be, even though as an incumbent you can raise a lot of big contributions. direct contribution to the candidates are still limited. only $2,500 per election. there are also still prohibitions on who can give money to the candidates, corporat
it is not taxed or nothing. they need to start taxing this money. if the rich people do not want to pay more taxes, the one to take the tax money they are saving because taxes are lower, in order to influence the elections, this should be taxed at 90%. host: i was going to ask him if he had donated money to a campaign. we will be asking a number of other callers about that. talk about small money compared to large money. >> the obama's campaign, beginning in 2008, has relied much more on...
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tax fairness and tax justice. and there are some particular deductions in the tax code now like the child tax credit that some who have argued against raising any taxes somehow are willing to eliminate the child tax credit. and that's somehow doesn't count as raising taxes. well, that has an enormous impact on women, especially single women, but women broadly. so let me go through some of the specifics of some of these issues, many that you know, and that we hear throughout the debates as with varying degrees of intensity depending on the particular candidates, the particular locations, whether they are national, federal, state, local. but all of these levels have impact dramatic impact on the lives of women. let me mention just a couple. the pay gap. 77 cents on the dollar is what the average woman earns today working full time compared to men. now, that has been the figure that we have tried to budge. when i first started working on these issues it was 59 cents on the dollar. so we've made some progress. one of
tax fairness and tax justice. and there are some particular deductions in the tax code now like the child tax credit that some who have argued against raising any taxes somehow are willing to eliminate the child tax credit. and that's somehow doesn't count as raising taxes. well, that has an enormous impact on women, especially single women, but women broadly. so let me go through some of the specifics of some of these issues, many that you know, and that we hear throughout the debates as with...
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tax and then if you add other taxes t payroll tax, the state income tax if you have one, real estate tax, sales tax, well you can find small businesses spending as much as 50% of what they earn on government, on taxes. and as a result of that you have a lot of people saying why would i start a business if i'm lucky enough to have it successful the government is going to take half of what i make back. canada has lowered their corporate tax rate to 15%. ours is 35. they've lowered to 15, why? not because they want less money. they know if businesses grow and thrive there they will get more money. so that's how it works. so i want to bring our tax rates down to help small businesses and make it easier for people to start them. i want to make sure we understand how to make regulations work for small business. by the way some people in our party say we want to deregulate. that's an overstatement. we want to get rid of excessive regulation. we know you have to have some to make our economy work. but sometimes regulators look at businesses like they're the enemy. and i have small businesses
tax and then if you add other taxes t payroll tax, the state income tax if you have one, real estate tax, sales tax, well you can find small businesses spending as much as 50% of what they earn on government, on taxes. and as a result of that you have a lot of people saying why would i start a business if i'm lucky enough to have it successful the government is going to take half of what i make back. canada has lowered their corporate tax rate to 15%. ours is 35. they've lowered to 15, why? not...
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a casinooat nationallharbor (murren) "thii is a way for the state to raise reeenue, without raisiig taxes and create joos, good payinggjobs at a time when maryland needs j. jobs."opponents say....tte opponents saa... the promise - pf nnwjobs... and... more rrvenue... for schhols...is exaggerated. here's... our questionnof he day.wwth thh electionjust days away...have youdecided toovote es on question seven? seven? here's our facebooo page...more than 100 ttis......and there are a lot of you on both sides of his baalot quessiinjoin the discuusion by going to facebook dot om slash fox- baltimore and if ou stilll have queetions regarding the maryland referendums... fox45 will aar a vote 2012 special monday night at 111p-m. get in-depth explanations f the dream act referendum... tte same-sex marriage referendum... and the referendum to expand gambling in marylaad. that's monday night at 11... rriht here on fox45. baltimore city firefighters are going to haae to think twice about what they do online! myranda stephens has more on the ccanges the department is makkng to its social media policy.
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he laid out his jobs plan, championed the popular payroll tax cut -- >> tell congress to pass this tax cut without drama, without delay. >> -- and took executive actions without the support of congress. >> we can't simply wait for congress to do its job. >> the republicans fired back. >> now we have our own modern day great train robbery. >> probing the bankruptcy of the taxpayer-funded solar firm solyndra. and relentlessly pursuing fast and furious, anti-gun trafficking operation that cost a border agent his life. the bitter partisan divide was back out in the open ady for a taste of what's hot? check out the latest collection of snacks from lean cuisine. creamy spinach artichoke dip, crispy garlic chicken spring rolls. they're this season's must-have accessory. lean cuisine. be culinary chic. who emailed it to emily, who sent it to cindy, who wondered why her soup wasn't quite the same. the recipe's not the recipe... ohhh. [ female announcer ] ...without swanson. the broth cooks trust most when making soup. mmmm! [ female announcer ] the secret is swanson. mmmm! the wheels of progres
he laid out his jobs plan, championed the popular payroll tax cut -- >> tell congress to pass this tax cut without drama, without delay. >> -- and took executive actions without the support of congress. >> we can't simply wait for congress to do its job. >> the republicans fired back. >> now we have our own modern day great train robbery. >> probing the bankruptcy of the taxpayer-funded solar firm solyndra. and relentlessly pursuing fast and furious, anti-gun...
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what about obama taxes? guest: we are seeing many events are the next few months with the fiscal cliff. -- over the next few months with the fiscal cliff. congress has created this problem, congress and the white house together. were you have a tax hikes and spending cuts coming at the same time. and simple arithmetic will tell you that putting both of those together at the same time will undoubtedly create a recession. there's no way around that. when you look at confidence among businesses and consumers, it is still fairly depressed among businesses, picking up among consumers. the paul both groups and asked them what congress did nothing? it is fair to say that you would see a rapid withdrawal and support for consumers, with higher taxes, businesses would look at the affects of that answer to pull back themselves. this is a huge problem that if congress does not actually deal with this in a meaningful way in the next few months, and instead just tries to kick the grenade down the road and deal with this a
what about obama taxes? guest: we are seeing many events are the next few months with the fiscal cliff. -- over the next few months with the fiscal cliff. congress has created this problem, congress and the white house together. were you have a tax hikes and spending cuts coming at the same time. and simple arithmetic will tell you that putting both of those together at the same time will undoubtedly create a recession. there's no way around that. when you look at confidence among businesses...
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i cut taxes 91 times. we built four-lane highway, east and west and north and south so companies with big a to get their products to market. we created an opportunity for manufacturing, 88,000 jobs in the manufacturing sector. we had unemployment below 2% in milwaukee. we had jobs so many that people were saying to me, slowdown, we don't have enough people to take the jobs. that's the kind of economy i built in the state of wisconsin. at the kind of economy, the kind of innovations when i was governor, the same kind of innovations i can take to washington. we're going to use our vocational training. i spent a lot of money on vocational training and are as governor, because i wanted individuals to be book-to-bill things. i want welders, i want somebody that's a carpenter, to be able to have that opportunity. s why i put so much money and emphasis on the trades, vocational schools, and i was governor, able to give them the education. finally, about mining. we have an opportunity to help a huge amount of jobs
i cut taxes 91 times. we built four-lane highway, east and west and north and south so companies with big a to get their products to market. we created an opportunity for manufacturing, 88,000 jobs in the manufacturing sector. we had unemployment below 2% in milwaukee. we had jobs so many that people were saying to me, slowdown, we don't have enough people to take the jobs. that's the kind of economy i built in the state of wisconsin. at the kind of economy, the kind of innovations when i was...
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reduction tax. i was curious. when you really look at that, what we're doing there with the people that helped, needed help, i agree, and the reason those people needed help is because congress for years now has not had the backbone and the leadership to get the hard decisions made, to get government downsized, get deficit spending stopped and quit borrowing money from china. we have to quit doing that and we've had -- senator, you've been, with all due respect, in the senate for six years and still we do not have an economy that's roaring. we got to do that and we still have this huge, huge deficit spending. but the fiscal cliff, bottom line, has been caused by lask leadership in the former congresses and we keep just wasting the type and the american people are needing jobs and my opponent here has not come forward with a plan. i come forward with plain on how to grow this economy, a five-step plan and it involves, end deficit spending, get the tax code simplified, where it will eliminate all the
reduction tax. i was curious. when you really look at that, what we're doing there with the people that helped, needed help, i agree, and the reason those people needed help is because congress for years now has not had the backbone and the leadership to get the hard decisions made, to get government downsized, get deficit spending stopped and quit borrowing money from china. we have to quit doing that and we've had -- senator, you've been, with all due respect, in the senate for six years and...
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when you see taxes being withdrawn, there are taxes of what is given to my generation. it is immoral for us to keep spending what we don't have. i'll get us back. [applause] >> if you're -- if you're a 40- year old or 50-year old, in the primary years of your life -- you may not put away what you thought you could put away. the expectation was money from retirement. a lot of people who are employed find it hard to make ends meet. i was speaking to a guy from waukesha wisconsin. there is a wisconsonite. he got $23 plus benefit, now he can only find $8 without benefits. people in this country are having hard times unde the presidents economic policy. we've had four debates. there is no agenda. the president can't lay anything out except going down the same road. i call it, "forewarned." we know where this road heads. i actually have a plan. i have a plan to create 12 million new jobs. it has five parts. number one. we take advantage of oil, coal, and natural gas. >> two, we will open more trade, with latin america. latin america is an enormous economy. if nations cheat in
when you see taxes being withdrawn, there are taxes of what is given to my generation. it is immoral for us to keep spending what we don't have. i'll get us back. [applause] >> if you're -- if you're a 40- year old or 50-year old, in the primary years of your life -- you may not put away what you thought you could put away. the expectation was money from retirement. a lot of people who are employed find it hard to make ends meet. i was speaking to a guy from waukesha wisconsin. there is a...
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his plan cuts millionaires' taxes, but raises yours. he'll voucherize medicare... and make catastrophic cuts to education. so remember what romney said... and what his plan would do. president obama: i'm barack obama and... i approve this message. >> if you are watching abc 7 at 11:00 -- on your side. >> the search is intensifying whoa dangerous attacker say is behind -- series attacks against police. a manhunt is growing for a man investigators strike again. they're looking for this man laurence were in with three bombings. latest on this case. this is a multi-agency t in virginia and pennsylvania and ohio. investigators are warning he considered armed and extremely dangerous. in this surveillance video first 7, but agents raid a stafford that they suspected may have been trapped. laurencelooking for stewart, is a setting off three attacks. every investigative law enforcement technique is being used to locate and arrest stewart./ >> investigators say he threw a this frederiksberg come where a county detective to rent a room. then he was accused of bombing other ho
his plan cuts millionaires' taxes, but raises yours. he'll voucherize medicare... and make catastrophic cuts to education. so remember what romney said... and what his plan would do. president obama: i'm barack obama and... i approve this message. >> if you are watching abc 7 at 11:00 -- on your side. >> the search is intensifying whoa dangerous attacker say is behind -- series attacks against police. a manhunt is growing for a man investigators strike again. they're looking for...
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we have no income tax, no sales tax. both the democrat and republican candidates will campaign on that issue pledging that they will not have an income tax or sales tax. our two governor candidates are running on that issue as a matter of fact. host: and talk about the recount laws that are in the state of new hampshire. is it possible that there could be a recount in this state and first of all, what are the rules for that? guest: well, we have specific rules obviously for the state. we have a fine secretary of state who is quite experienced in this. he is the person who has been keeper of the flame, if you will, for the new hampshire primary. we had a famous recount here in the late 1970's with senator john durr kin who recently passed away. frankly i don't see it coming down to that. we'll see what happens on tuesday but i think other states may be more likely to have a recount than new hampshire. host: what about voter i.d. laws, do you have them in new hampshire? guest: yes. and there is some controversy about a new
we have no income tax, no sales tax. both the democrat and republican candidates will campaign on that issue pledging that they will not have an income tax or sales tax. our two governor candidates are running on that issue as a matter of fact. host: and talk about the recount laws that are in the state of new hampshire. is it possible that there could be a recount in this state and first of all, what are the rules for that? guest: well, we have specific rules obviously for the state. we have a...
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. >> newspapers called brad schneider is a tax laughable. >> freshman republican congressman robert dold is a self-proclaimed moderate. schneider says his record does not reflect a moderate ideology. >> i think the 10th district is looking for a social moderate strong on national security. >> these are the votes that have a real impact on the everyday lives of people in the district. >> it is a close race. most polls suggest that is either candidate's race to win or lose. >> for the first time in its history the stock market was closed for two days in a row due to hurricane sandy. the jobs report could be delayed due to the massive storm. this is the last market reading before the elections of politicians on both sides are eagerly awaiting the numbers. the bureau of labor statistics is working to get it on time. the department is not sure it can make the deadline. >> we are celebrating bulls day here it wgn. the chef from the united center's ketel one club is here for his recipe i was once used for small jobs. and i took on all the bigger tougher ones. but with mr. clean's new select-a-s
. >> newspapers called brad schneider is a tax laughable. >> freshman republican congressman robert dold is a self-proclaimed moderate. schneider says his record does not reflect a moderate ideology. >> i think the 10th district is looking for a social moderate strong on national security. >> these are the votes that have a real impact on the everyday lives of people in the district. >> it is a close race. most polls suggest that is either candidate's race to win...
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we also see unions coming out in support of raising sales tax and taxing the wealthy and out in opposition to essentially creating more on regulated spending. >> there's a death penalty repeal that looks like it's around 50/50. it could win. >> right. >> evan, you are a, i think a brilliant strategic mind, if you don't mind my saying. i think the strategy that has been, the freedom to marry folks has been a remarkable thing to behold legislatively. we haven't seen it win at the ballot box popularly. i want to play this chris christie sound. this gets at something profound. when talking civil rights issues, they are not necessarily always best per sued through popular ballot. they are there to protect a minority of the population. chris christie had this to say in new jersey. take a look. >> rather than having stalemate and deadlock on this issue, which is where it will lead. i will not sign it. it will be vetoed. let the people of new jersey decide who is right for the state. put the question on the ballot this fall, in the hands of the people. people would have been happy to have a refere
we also see unions coming out in support of raising sales tax and taxing the wealthy and out in opposition to essentially creating more on regulated spending. >> there's a death penalty repeal that looks like it's around 50/50. it could win. >> right. >> evan, you are a, i think a brilliant strategic mind, if you don't mind my saying. i think the strategy that has been, the freedom to marry folks has been a remarkable thing to behold legislatively. we haven't seen it win at...